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Do you wanna go camping? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by ratman150@sh.itjust.works to c/motorcycles@lemmy.world

This was basically my birthday present to myself. Drag my friend on his newly running ninja250 and my fiance to a campsite in cold weather. It was awesome and I can't wait to try moto camping again.

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[-] ratman150@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Fortunately no, more of a last minute photo before packing up.

[-] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Where was this? It looks quite warm.

[-] ratman150@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Eisenhower State Park in Denison Texas (Lake Texoma)

Very much depends on your definition of warm I think it got to the mid thirties on the ride out there.

[-] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Oh. Well no. 30s on a long ride is definitely not warm.

I hope you have heated gear!

[-] ratman150@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Hahaaa....no I used to have some awesome gloves but those seemed to grow legs years ago. I've been considering heated gear but I don't have a lot of excess power on the klr to run it and I'm also not entirely sure how much power the scooter has as I could never find a rating for the stator.

I have seen some cool new gear that can run on either battery or your 12v and maybe when I have some free budget I'll get some of that.

[-] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I've never felt the need for a heated vest, but hotwired glove inserts are keeping me alive riding in the winter. And they don't take much power. I run them on my '99 F650.

[-] ratman150@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

I assume you mean a BMW not the Ford f650 lol.

Yeah my core doesn't generally get cold but definitely the extremities.

[-] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, i haven't had to tow a house yet.

[-] ratman150@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Oh come on these days it's the bare minimum grocery getter.

[-] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Without one nobody knows I'm actually a man.

this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2023
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